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Mike also this morning posted up an extract from an article in the Israeli paper Haaretz by Gideon Levi, claiming that “The Jewish establishment in Britain and Israeli propaganda have taken out a contract on him, to foil his election”.…

by Martin Odoni Oh, Bibi, Bibi, Bibi… you have Royally (well, King David Hotel-ly) stuffed up. My detestation of Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s hard-right Prime Minister, should never be in doubt. His politics in general are enough for me to oppose…

The government is planning its next change to local government funding in England, with the intention of further reducing the Revenue Support Grant (RSG) and increasing the amount of local business rates that are retained locally to 75% (currently 50%).…

The Social Market Foundation is currently undertaking a major research project looking at benefit sanctions in the United Kingdom, updating and expanding the Independent Review of Sanctions that they undertook for Government in 2014. More information on the project is available…

When it was announced by housing secretary Sajid Javid back in September, the social housing green paper was described as the start of a “fundamental rethink of social housing in this country”. Now that it is finally published after several…

Jeremy Corbyn is speaking this evening at Stoke City’s ground – indoors rather than a stadium gig – and the room is already full: a capacity of around 600. This is the scene outside as people queue out of sight…

Although, as I pointed out earlier, Labour poll ratings are holding up whatever our free and fearless press slings at Jeremy Corbyn, there are plenty around the media establishment ready and willing to smear the Labour leader every which way…

Yesterday, Mike put up a piece reporting and commenting on the effort of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to condemn Corbyn for anti-Semitism. Netanyahu, or as I’ve heard some British Jews call him, ‘that b***ard Netanyahu’, issued a tweet…

The response from commentators (Jo Michell, Jonathan Portes, retweeted by Simon Wren-Lewis) on Twitter to the ongoing debate on Labour's fiscal rule that I sparked has been to say that the likes of Bill Mitchell and I, who have responded to them,…

You will all have had experience of somebody flying off the handle on the slightest provocation – brushing against them in a crowded pub, or pulling out in front of them in traffic. I suspect this everyday behaviour helps us…

Earlier this year, the flaws in the MyTaxi app passed before my inspection: it was possible for someone with multiple convictions to get on to their system, to the point of receiving a statement of earnings. But, it seems, MyTaxi…

The Court of Appeal has yesterday reinstated Dr Bawa-Garba to the medical register. Readers will be knowledgeable of the details. I do not intend to discuss the rights and the wrongs of the final decision or the ramifications for the…

When the extreme-right hate-monger Jonathan Jennings was jailed the BBC ran a short piece on their website about his 16 month sentence for multiple offences between March and August 2017, which included extreme anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic abuse and a threat…

The Threat Looming Over Universal Credit Claimants. As the juggernaut of Universal Credit continues, and millions are caught up under its wheels, it’s sometimes best to illustrate its effects through individual cases: This is one: “I was sanctioned after missing…

@Crimegirl has been posing a very entertaining series of tweets on the daft things clients do. This one is not the most entertaining one* but it caught my eye… [* I think this one is the funniest one, should you…

The housing/local government department has always been well known for its late announcements – last day before Xmas and last day before Parliament breaks up were always favourites. But they have excelled themselves over the homelessness strategy and the green…

Last night, the SKWAWKBOX published video of 18,000 young people at a festival in Cornwall spontaneously chanting ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ when the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army played during their silent disco. It was a sign that the Establishment’s increasingly-desperate smears…

Steve at it again You know that feeling of "today I am NOT going anywhere near the NHS campaign". Yeah that one.So of course after 30mins of washing up last night's dishes while the coffee brews, a quick Duck Duck…